ག

See also: གླེ, གྷ, ཀ, and གི

ག U+0F42, ག TIBETAN LETTER GA ← ཁ [U+0F41] Tibetan གྷ → [U+0F43]

Translingual

Letter

ག

1. Tibetan letter ga

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡə/, [ɡʌ]

Letter

ག (ga)

1. The fifth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɑ˥/, [kʰɑ˥]

Etymology 1

Letter

ག (ga)

1. The third letter of the Dzongkha alphabet

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ག (ga)

1. who

Kurtöp

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡə̀/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ga. Cognates include Tibetan སྒ (sga) and Dzongkha སྒ (sga).

Noun

ག (ga)

1. saddle

Etymology 2

Noun

ག (ga)

1. path

References

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 23
• Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 32

Tibetan

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ɡa/
• Lhasa: /kʰa˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ɡa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ka^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kʰa˩˨/

Letter

ག • (ga)

1. Tibetan letter ga